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Successful application to
Stanford University

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Planned Major

Bioengineering

Admission

Regular Decision

Application Year

2020

5 Honors & Awards

10 Extracurriculars

Academics

  • SAT:

    • Math (790)
    • Reading and Writing (760)
  • IB Subjects:

    • Mathematics Analysis and Approaches-HL (7)
    • Chemistry-HL (7)
    • Biology-HL (7)
    • Local Language: Language and literature-SL (7)
    • English A-SL (7)
    • English A-SL (7)
    • Psychology-SL (7)

Honors & Awards

  • School Council Global Citizenship Award

    International
  • Council of International Schools Award

    International
  • Distinctive Honorable Mention in Bowseat Ocean Awareness Competition

    International

Extracurriculars

  • Founder and Executive Director, Special Needs Charity

    Social Justice
    20 hr/wk

    Set up chapters and operation in 7 countries, led inclusion campaign with 20 organisations, published regional school council journal article, keynote speaker at International event.

  • Author and Illustrator, Children's Picture Book

    Social Justice
    15hr/wk

    Created bilingual book and book website, raised $10000 for charity.

  • Research Internship, Local University

    Research
    20 hr/wk

    Co-author of 2 papers, led project on the effect of plasma on preadipocytes browning, cultured cells and synthesized nanoparticles, edited 4 papers.

Essay

Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.

The itch would not go away.

Frustrated, I looked down at the puffy monstrosity I was forced to wear and sighed. Clad in the baby-pink dress my grandmother had gifted me, my twelve-year-old self felt like a walking Cabbage Patch doll at my family dinner. I despised everything about my outfit, from its ruffled skirt layers to its tight pleated collar. However, despite embodying traditional expectations, the pink dress was ultimately a catalyst for self-understanding and I now cherish my relationship with my grandmother as an invaluable gift.

Influenced by Western films and TV shows, my grandmother believes that respectable granddaughters should avoid the USA; she often describes it as a “minefield”– of partying, unpredictability, and r...

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Academics

  • SAT:

    • Math (790)
    • Reading and Writing (760)
  • IB Subjects:

    • Mathematics Analysis and Approaches-HL (7)
    • Chemistry-HL (7)
    • Biology-HL (7)
    • Local Language: Language and literature-SL (7)
    • English A-SL (7)
    • English A-SL (7)
    • Psychology-SL (7)

Honors & Awards

  • School Council Global Citizenship Award

    International
  • Council of International Schools Award

    International
  • Distinctive Honorable Mention in Bowseat Ocean Awareness Competition

    International

Meet Some of Our Expert Crimson Strategists

Our network of over 200 leading admission experts work tirelessly to support students getting into their dream schools.

Leadership
  • Heitor S.

    Heitor S.

    Stanford University, Swarthmore College

  • Jed O.

    Jed O.

    Stanford University

Want to go to Stanford?

Talk with one of our academic experts today and see how Crimson can help you!

Crimson strategists

Extracurriculars

  • Founder and Executive Director, Special Needs Charity

    Social Justice
    20 hr/wk

    Set up chapters and operation in 7 countries, led inclusion campaign with 20 organisations, published regional school council journal article, keynote speaker at International event.

  • Author and Illustrator, Children's Picture Book

    Social Justice
    15hr/wk

    Created bilingual book and book website, raised $10000 for charity.

  • Research Internship, Local University

    Research
    20 hr/wk

    Co-author of 2 papers, led project on the effect of plasma on preadipocytes browning, cultured cells and synthesized nanoparticles, edited 4 papers.

Essay

Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.

The itch would not go away.

Frustrated, I looked down at the puffy monstrosity I was forced to wear and sighed. Clad in the baby-pink dress my grandmother had gifted me, my twelve-year-old self felt like a walking Cabbage Patch doll at my family dinner. I despised everything about my outfit, from its ruffled skirt layers to its tight pleated collar. However, despite embodying traditional expectations, the pink dress was ultimately a catalyst for self-understanding and I now cherish my relationship with my grandmother as an invaluable gift.

Influenced by Western films and TV shows, my grandmother believes that respectable granddaughters should avoid the USA; she often describes it as a “minefield”– of partying, unpredictability, and r...